H.S. SOCCER: Norwell girls ahead of the game

The Norwell High girls soccer team wasted no time in clinching a tournament berth this fall.

The Clippers earned a spot with a 6-0 win over Carver on Oct. 2.

“That was terrific that we clinched tournament berth when we beat Carver,” Norwell coach Kara Connerty said. “That was the earliest we got into the tournament.

“We are going to play a lot of Division 1 and Division 2 teams to see where we are at. We have Duxbury, Marshfield and Brockton on our schedule.”

A difficult schedule will be the perfect tune-up for a loaded Division 3 South Sectional field.

“The Division 3 South Sectional is very competitive with teams,” said Connerty.

Norwell lost to Medway in the Division 3 South final last year by a 2-1 score and the Clippers want to take the next step.

The Clippers know that there is still a long ways to go in the regular season before the tournament starts. They will work on some parts of their game to get ready when the postseason starts.

“We are going to take it one game at a time,” Connerty said. “We are going to work on finishing whether it would be on moving the ball into scoring position or on set plays.

“The games with the Division 1 and 2 teams will be one or two-goal games.”

The Clippers have their game with Marshfield today before they go back to South Shore League play against Middleboro and Cohasset.

They had a tough 1-1 battle with East Bridgewater, which is the defending Division 4 state champion. Norwell had defeated EB, 3-1 earlier in the season.

Molly Roman scored the goal for Norwell in the tie with EB.

“We scored three goals against EB the first time, we were putting the ball in the back of the net against them Rockland and Cohasset,” Connerty said. “We want to be able to put the ball in the back of the net early in the game. You want to do that early in the game to gain momentum and put the pressure on the other team.

“Molly Roman is getting more confident and scoring goals, she has scored six so far. Her sister Sara is becoming more comfortable at midfield.”

Lexi Rothmann leads the team in assists.

“Lexi Rothmann has played two years for us in the middle and organizes that part of the field,” said Connerty. “Kristi Vierra is doing a good job finishing, she leads the South Shore League in goals.”

Rothmann and Vierra both scored in Norwell’s tournament clinching, 6-0 win. Molly Roman, Tess Flanders, Bridget Coffey and Ellie Boyd also added a goal each in the win.